April 29, 2024

Parker’s Hunt for Mary Washington Grave Continues to Make Headlines

Assistant Professor and Archaeology Director Katherine Parker

Assistant Professor of Historic Preservation Katherine Parker’s work with UMW students to locate Mary Washington’s grave continues to catch media attention.

Mary Washington’s Grave Location a Mystery (Mount Vernon Gazette)
The team was led by historians from Washington Heritage Museums, and a professor from the University of Mary Washington who manned the GSSI Ground Penetrating Radar apparatus to investigate this colonial mystery. Read more.
High-tech hunt for Mary Ball Washington’s grave (Potomac Local)
The exact location of the actual grave remains unknown though, so in steps the GSSI Ground Penetrating Radar apparatus manned by historians from Washington Heritage Museums and a professor from the University of Mary Washington to investigate this colonial mystery. Read more.

Parker Teaches the Ins and Outs of Ground Penetrating Radar to Volunteers in Search of Mary Washington’s Final Resting Place

Assistant Professor and Archaeology Director Katherine Parker

Historians and officials with Washington Heritage Museums, which own the monument site along Washington Avenue, don’t know the precise location of Mary Ball Washington’s grave. Washington Heritage Museums is working with the University of Mary Washington’s Department of Historic Preservation to understand what lies beneath. Read more.